2004 Texas Gold
award Finalist for The Good Daughter
2004
Laurel Wreath Finalist for The Healer
2004 RT
Series Storyteller of the Year Nominee
2003 RITAŠ
Award Finalist, Best Long Contemporary Series,
What the Heart Wants
2003 RT
Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee, Best Superromance for
What the Heart Wants
Romantic
Times Top Pick, July
2003 for The Good Daughter
2002 PASIC
Book of the Heart Finalist for Mercy
Romantic
Times Top Pick, July
2002 for What the Heart Wants
2001 PASIC
Book of the Heart Finalist for Mercy
Rising Star
2000 Award winner for Lonesome No More
2000 RT
Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee, Best Special Edition for
Lonesome No More
2000
National Readers' Choice Award Finalist for
Texas Royalty
Romantic
Times Top Pick,
January 2000 for Lonesome No More
Romantic
Times WISH Hero, Mitch
Gallagher, Lonesome No
More
Romantic
Times Top Pick, August
2000 for Texas Royalty
1999 Holt
Medallion Finalist for The
Bodyguard's Bride
1999
Colorado Award of Excellence Finalist for
The Bodyguard's Bride
1999 Notable
New Author Award Finalist
for The
Bodyguard's Bride
1999 Golden
Quill Finalist for The Bodyguard's Bride
Romantic
Times 1998 Reviewers'
Choice Award, Best First Series Romance for
The Bodyguard's Bride
Honorable Mention, Dorothy Parker Award for
Top Contemporary Romance of 1998 for
The Bodyguard's Bride – Reviewers International
(tied with Susan Elizabeth Phillips and
the only series book on the list with Nora Roberts, Jennifer
Crusie, Kathleen Eagle and JoAnn Ross)
1998 RT
Reviewers' Choice Award Nominee, Best Special Edition for
The Bodyguard's Bride
1998 Woman
to Watch, Silhouette Special Edition for
The Bodyguard's Bride
Romantic
Times Top Pick,
October 1998 for The Bodyguard's Bride
Romantic
Times WISH Hero, Drake
Cullinane, The
Bodyguard's Bride
